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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What amazes White about all the different kinds of people that live in New York?
(a) They all exist.
(b) They live together.
(c) They do not leave the city.
(d) They do not help one another.

2. Which of these do the subterranean lines under the city make possible?
(a) Water.
(b) Rodent populations.
(c) Storage facilities.
(d) Mineral deposits.

3. How does White say many visitors to New York get lost?
(a) They don't ask for directions.
(b) They get their north confused with their south.
(c) They take the wrong subway.
(d) They try to follow a map.

4. What does White call himself as it relates to being a resident of New York?
(a) A once-upon-a-timer.
(b) A vacationer.
(c) An old timer.
(d) An all the timer.

5. What changed about Greenwich Village since White lived in New York?
(a) The business hub.
(b) The purpose.
(c) The look and feel.
(d) The kind of tenants.

Short Answer Questions

1. What parts of the city does White say has changed the most?

2. What does White say the city gives a sense of to all people?

3. What does White say about the time when the Empire State Building was built?

4. Which of these is NOT something that White says is destroying the city?

5. What does White give a list of reasons for?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does White say all people in New York are looking for?

2. How does White say one can recognize the visitors to the city who were disappointed in their experience?

3. What does the piece say that White quotes about newcomers in New York?

4. What does White say would happen if the different communities stopped tolerating each other?

5. What is an interesting record that Manhattan holds?

6. What does White say called him to New York?

7. What does White say about the subterranean pipes in New York?

8. What does White give numbers for?

9. What does White say he knows will skew the numbers he listed?

10. What has changed about Grand Central Station since White lived in New York?

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